Shiranui
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Shiranui is a Japanese term given to the optical or supernatural phenomenon similar to will-o'-the-wisp
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Will-o'-the-wisp
A will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus , also called a "will-o'-wisp", "jack-o'-lantern" , "hinkypunk", "corpse candle", "ghost-light", "spook-light", "fairy light", "friar's lantern", "hobby lantern", "ghost orb", or simply "wisp", is a ghostly light or lights sometimes seen at night or twilight over...
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People
- Shiranui DakuemonShiranui DakuemonShiranui Dakuemon was a sumo wrestler from Uto, Kumamoto, Japan. He was the sport's 8th Yokozuna. He was the coach of Shiranui Kōemon.- Early life :...
(1801–1854), the 8th Yokozuna sumo wrestlers - Shiranui KōemonShiranui KoemonShiranui Kōemon was a sumo wrestler from Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 11th Yokozuna.-Career:...
(1822–1890), the 11th Yokozuna sumo wrestlers
Characters
- Mai ShiranuiMai Shiranuiis a player character in both the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK and in related media, also appearing in a large number of other games...
, an SNK character that appeared in the Fatal Fury series - Genma Shiranui, one of the Konoha Jonin characters in the anime Naruto
- Shiranui (白野威), the wolf incarnation of AmaterasuAmaterasu, or is apart of the Japanese myth cycle and also a major deity of the Shinto religion. She is the goddess of the sun, but also of the universe. the name Amaterasu derived from Amateru meaning "shining in heaven." The meaning of her whole name, Amaterasu-ōmikami, is "the great August kami who...
in ŌkamiOkamiis an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console in 2006 in Japan and North America, and 2007 in Europe and Australia...
(however, in this case the kanji means "white wild majesty") - Genan Shiranui, a character in the Samurai Shodown/Samurai Spirits video game series, A kitten in the protection of Nagi Sanzenin in the Hayate the Combat Butler series
- Shiranui, a fictional mountain and shrine in The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de ZoetThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de ZoetThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the fifth novel published by the author David Mitchell. It is a historical novel set during the Dutch trading concession with Japan in the late 18th century...
- Kyō Shiranui, a character in the otome game Hakuōki Shinsengumi Kitan
Other
- Japanese destroyer Shiranui, an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
- Shiranui DDT a professional wrestling move invented by Naomichi Marufuji
- a variety of citrus fruit, known also as DekoponDekoponis a seedless and very sweet citrus fruit, a hybrid between Kiyomi and ponkan , developed in Japan in 1972.Originally a brand name, Dekopon has become a genericized trademark and it is used to refer to all brands of the fruit; the generic name is...
- Shiranui-ryūShiranui-ryuis a traditional school of Japanese martial arts. It was created by Kawakami Gensai in the 1860s, following his study of swordsmanship under the samurai...
, a school of Japanese martial arts. - Shiranui, a sword given from father to son in a samurai family that is briefly mentioned in the manga Angel SanctuaryAngel Sanctuaryis a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. Originally serialized in Hana to Yume from February 1995 to February 2001, the chapters were collected and published in twenty tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha; the first volume was released in 1997 and the final volume was published in...
- Shiranui, a katana with little or no augments, appears in Final Fantasy XFinal Fantasy Xis a role-playing video game developed and published by Square as the tenth title in the Final Fantasy series. It was released in 2001 for Sony's PlayStation 2, and will be re-released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2012...
- Genjutsu Shiranui, a jutsu used by Itachi UchihaItachi Uchihais a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. In the series, Itachi is the older brother of Sasuke Uchiha and is responsible for killing all the members of their clan, sparing only Sasuke. Itachi is treated as an antagonist for much of the series,...
in Naruto: Ultimate NinjaNaruto: Ultimate Ninja (series)The Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series, known in Japan as the , is a series of fighting games, based on the popular manga and anime series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto, for the PlayStation 2. They were developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Namco Bandai...
series - Shiranui Sea, a bay (also known as Yatsushiro SeaYatsushiro SeaThe ', which is also called the ', is a shallow semi-enclosed inland sea separating the island of Kyūshū from the Amakusa Islands. It lies mostly within Kumamoto Prefecture and at the southern end of the sea it also borders Kagoshima Prefecture. To the north is the Ariake Sea; to the south, the...
) south of Ariake Bay in Kyushu, Japan